How long is the wait for a cystoscopy (bladder camera test) at Royal Bournemouth Hospital?
The NHS does not publish cystoscopy waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Royal Bournemouth Hospital, and it is the current cystoscopy queue that applies to you here — the list as it stands this month, not a prediction.
Updated June 2026 · (the NHS diagnostics waiting-list return)
Half of the people waiting for a cystoscopy (bladder camera test) at University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 3 weeks. 26% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Royal Bournemouth Hospital
A shorter cystoscopy queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to Royal Bournemouth Hospital.
- Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust · Portsmouth2w · 34 mi · 1w faster
- Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust · Bath and North East Somerset2w · 51 mi · 1w faster
- Somerset NHS Foundation Trust · Somerset1w · 60 mi · 2w faster
- Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust · Surrey Heath2w · 61 mi · 1w faster
- Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust · Reading1w · 61 mi · 2w faster
- North Bristol NHS Trust · Bristol, City of2w · 62 mi · 1w faster
Other hospitals run by University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust
Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your cystoscopy could be at any of them.
- Christchurch Hospital1 mi
- St Mary's Hospital7 mi
- Poole Hospital7 mi
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